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Heart & Vascular Care

Every heart has a story and you can trust yours to the team at CMC's New England Heart & Vascular Institute. As a nationally-recognized destination for heart and vascular care, our award-winning team includes board-certified cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, technologists and others who are leaders in their field. We provide you with the latest and most advanced treatment options in the region. This is where heart meets excellence.

Cardiology

Study and treatment of conditions of the heart & blood vessels

Cardiovascular Surgery

Surgical procedures that involve the heart, or major blood vessels that carry blood to & from the heart

Cardiac Imaging

Non-invasive imaging used to diagnose diseases or disorders of the heart including MRI, CT, PET, TEE & TTE

Electrophysiology

Testing & cutting-edge procedures for conditions affecting the heart’s rhythm

Interventional Cardiology

Non-surgical treatment approach for repair of parts of the heart structure

Research

Clinical trials & research studies

Thoracic Surgery

Surgery that involves the organs in the chest chamber, excluding the heart & major vessels

Vascular Disease

Treatment for conditions that impact your arteries & veins

celebrating our 2023 top docs:

heart, thoracic & vascular

Leading the way in their field, the physicians of CMC's New England Heart & Vascular Institute, are committed to providing you with the latest and most advanced treatment options in the region. Congratulations for being recognized in the 2023 NH Magazine Top Doctors survey!

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Celebrating Healthgrades^®

National Recognition

We’re extremely honored to be recognized as one of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery^TM. CMC is proud to be the only hospital in New Hampshire to receive this recognition. CMC has also achieved the Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award and is a Five-Star recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery, Valve Surgery and Treatment for Gastrointestinal Bleed. Congratulations to our amazing team for earning this national recognition and for their dedication to providing patients the highest quality care!

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new england's

first

Our Structural Heart Team, led by Dr. James Flynn, implanted the first two Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valves in New England. Having this new valve available to treat patients allows our physicians to offer even more customized care to each patient. CMC’s New England Heart & Vascular Team including James Flynn, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jeffrey Bleakley, MD, FACC; Gerald Sardella, MD and members from Abbott. Congratulations to the entire team for bringing this advanced technology and treatment options to our community.

New England Heart & Vascular Institute

Congrats!

For performing the 100th WATCHMAN™ device implant of 2022—the first year the team has ever hit this milestone! CMC has offered the WATCHMAN™ device since May 2015. This innovative treatment helps high-risk patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who need an alternative to long-term blood thinner therapy. Congrats to this multidisciplinary team led by Drs. Jamie Kim, Connor Haugh, Jinu John, Dingxin Qin, and WATCHMAN™ Coordinator Kristen L’heureux, BSN, RN. A special shout out to CMC’s imaging physicians who play a vital role in these procedures (not pictured), Drs. Capodilupo, Hanlon, Preis and Veeranna

For more information on WATCHMAN™

New England Heart & Vascular Institute

Meet our Team

With a nationally-recognized team, our Heart & Vascular Institute has experts that specialize in cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, vascular medicine, vein treatments and cardiovascular imaging. We pioneer next-generation techniques and lead the way in diagnosing and treating heart and vascular disease. You can count on us for excellent care at locations throughout NH.

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bringing patients

cutting edge care & treatment

Underscoring its commitment to the most advanced treatment options for patients, the team at Catholic Medical Center’s New England Heart & Vascular Institute has recently introduced several cutting-edge procedures for various cardiovascular conditions.

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Are you living

a heart-healthy lifestyle?

Breakthrough Treatments

For Heart Failure offer hope

“We offer hope to patients who previously may have had none.” These words are at the essence of our mission at CMC and drives the team at the New England Heart & Vascular Institute toward compassionate excellence, every day. Learn about the options Gary found by working with his team at NEHVI.

NEW ENGLAND HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE'S FIRSTS

First hospital in New Hampshire to:

perform open heart surgery in 1986 (as a community hospital)
use CardioMEMS™ HF System, a miniature, wireless sensor to manage heart failure
offer transcatheter aortic valve replacement—TAVR (as a community hospital)
perform a completely percutaneous (no incisions) mitral valve replacement
offer Myocardial Perfusion PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
perform a fenestrated endovascular aortic repair—FEVAR (in southern New Hampshire)
use the KONECT device in the repair of ascending aortic aneurysms
offer TCAR: trans carotid artery revascularization (as a community hospital)
perform the Convergent procedure—a two-step procedure which combines a minimally-invasive surgical treatment with a catheter ablation to treat patients with long-standing atrial fibrillation (AFib)
perform the first arterial thrombectomy using Penumbra’s Lightning Bolt 7

First hospital in New England to:

implant WATCHMAN™ after its FDA Approval
use cryoanalgesia for treatment of pain after open heart surgery, reducing the need for opioids
offer advanced 3-D mapping system (RHYTHMIA Mapping System) to better diagnose and treat all types of heart arrhythmias (in northern New England)
offer the WATCHMAN FLX™ implant to AFib patients at risk for stroke who need an alternative to blood thinners
use lithotripsy to break down complex calcium in coronary artery disease—Shockwave IVL (in northern New England)
use the Aveir™ VR Leadless Pacemaker implant since FDA approval to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmia
implant the first two Abbott Portico transcatheter aortic valves

First hospital in the world to:

to implant the WATCHMAN™Device for patients contraindicated to anticoagulation as part of the ASAP-TOO clinical trial
use LUMIPOINT™ mapping software to aid and enhance cardiac ablation procedures

National & Local Recognition

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Union Leader Readers' Choice 2023

It is our privilege to provide health, healing and hope to our community, every day. Your support means everything to the CMC staff who take pride in caring for you. Thank you for making us your Readers’ Choice!
June 2023

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Proud Recipient of Healthgrades^® Awards

We’re extremely honored to be recognized as one of Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery^TM. CMC has also achieved the Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award and is a Five-Star recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery, Valve Surgery and Treatment for Gastrointestinal Bleed. Congratulations to our amazing team for earning this national recognition and for their dedication to providing patients the highest quality care!
Oct 2022

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Exceptional Care

Close to Home

By collaborating with hospitals throughout New Hampshire, patients have access to the latest cardiovascular care. Procedures are done at CMC, with diagnostic and follow-up care at their local community hospital. See below for New England Heart & Vascular Institute locations throughout NH.